All posts tagged Bond-Buying Program

Leave it to the prospect for more Fed stimulus to give the stock market a nice final-hour boost.

Stocks are trading around session highs after WSJ reports Fed officials are likely to continue their bond-buying programs in 2013. The Fed appears set to keep buying long-term mortgage-backed and Treasury bonds next year as they confront the slow-growth economy.

Markets have anticipated the Fed will continue some combination of bond purchases next year. At their meeting next month, officials will still need to fully debate an extension of the bond programs and hear staff presentations on their impact. However, several officials have suggested in interviews and recent public statements that they support more bond-buying.

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